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[[continued word per-]] manent nature of the island upon which there have been allowed to attain their full size. The cottonwood, mesquite and willow are the principal, if not the only, fuel of the country, the first having a diameter varying from ten to twenty inches when they do not reach maturity, the two last from four to ten inches. To sum up, the principal growths of the entire region may be tabulated as follows. [[double line, followed by 3 column table]] [[first column]] Atriplex hymenelytra Psathyrotes ramosissima Aster spinosus Pluchea Sarcostemma Salix longifolia Baccharis salicina Cucurbita Californica Panicum crusgalli Populus monilifera Dalea spinosa [[second column]] Atriplex polycarpa Physalis lobata Sesbania macrocarpa Algarobia glandulosa Tessaria borealis Malvastrum Marrubioides Xanthium Strumarium Chloris alba Lygodesmia [[Gassya??]] Chilopsis linearis [[third column]] Palafoxia linearis Lippia cuneifolia Abronia Amaranthus Strombocarpa pubescens Baccharis coerulescens Datura meteloides Suaeda diffusa Alliona incarnata Cercidium floridum Krameria parvifolia [[end of table]] For the purpose of elucidation, the entire region comprised between [[underline]] Stone's Ferry [[/underline]], [[underline]] Nevada [[/underline]] and the [[underline]] river mouth in Mexico [[/underline]] has been divided into [[underline]] section-sketches [[/underline]] as follows - [[underline]] 1st Section of Stone's Ferry; 2nd Section of Cottonwood Island; 3rd Section of Mohave; 4th Section of Aubrey; 5th Section of Ehrenberg; 6th Section of Yuma; 7th Section of the mouth [[/underline]] - together with a [[underline]] Sketch of a Section of the general valley [[/underline]], showing what may be considered a fair average of the vegetation & wooded area together with an attempt at demonstrating the gradual formation and washing away of the bottom lands and the general conformation and aspect of the surrounding country, all of which are appended for reference. [[underlined, centered]] End of Part first - Forestry - [[/underline]]